25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... to just four percent of the current cost claim China. With a string of recent successes including the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission, the deployment of Zhurong to the martian surface, and the deployment of astronauts to its new...
13 September 2016
Scientists prove the Moon was created by a vaporised Earth
...away is the amount of heavy potassium isotopes found in lunar samples. The duo’s findings show that Moon rocks are...This scenario disfavours the silicate atmosphere model, which predicts lunar rocks will contain less of the heavier isotope than ...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
... the university and NASA, Astrobotic are working on a CubeRover design capable of characterising surface mobility and evaluating lunar lander ejecta but on a petite scale. Like its satellite namesake – CubeSat – which has transformed the economics...
30 January 2018
Rare 'Super Blue Blood Moon' due tomorrow
... three celestial events – a supermoon, a blue moon and a lunar eclipse – all happen at the same time. A supermoon occurs ...if the weather is favourable. If you miss the 31st January lunar eclipse, then you’ll have to wait almost another year for the...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... cannot. Similarly, members of the armed services can conduct scientific research on the Moon but cannot establish a lunar military base. The interplay between peaceful uses and the military generally has led many commentators...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
..., and making the last views of Enceladus. Chang’e 5, China’s unmanned mission to the moon is expected to land on the lunar surface this year and is expected to bring back to Earth at least two kilograms of rock and soil samples...
